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Taxable Values Rise Again–6% in Palm Coast, 7% in Flagler–But So Do Demands on Budgets

June 2, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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With more value comes more revenue for local governments, and more expectations from various agencies and the public–including a $2.4 million budget increase request from the sheriff’s office alone.

Palm Coast Wants Protection From Extortionist Lawsuits Over Public Record Requests

May 28, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Palm Coast and the Florida League of Cities are seeking a change in law that would protect local governments from opportunistic groups more individuals who sue governments and companies over public record violations.

Palm Coast Council Members Cautiously Discuss Their Low Salaries, But No Raise Yet

May 26, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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Palm Coast council members earn the same as Bunnell commission members: $9,600 a year, even though Palm Coast has 30 times the population of Bunnell.

15 Years After Palm Coast Double Murder, David Snelgrove Is Back in Court, Contesting Death Sentence

May 26, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Snelgrove has twice been sentenced to death for for the murders of Glyn Fowler, 84, and his wife, Vivian, 79, in their Bannbury Lane home in Palm Coast in June 2000. He’s arguing ineffective representation.

In LL-Section Fire, Puppy Rescue Gets All the Attention as a Father of 6 Struggles in ICU

May 21, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Tuesday’s fire in the LL-Section left a 37-year-old father of 6 in the ICU since and split his children to relatives’ homes, but all the attention–and an award–has gone to firefighters’ rescue of two puppies and four older dogs.

Missing Key Ingredient—“People”—Charter Review Storm Evaporates as Quickly as It Came

May 19, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

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Few people showed up at today’s Palm Coast council meeting and fewer still spoke on the charter-review proposal by Council member Steven Nobile, appearing to end the matter.

2 Hospitalized, 6 Dogs Rescued From House Fire in Palm Coast’s LL Section

May 19, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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A father and his young daughter, about 5 years old, were hospitalized for smoke inhalation this morning after a fire in the garage at 6 Llach Court in Palm Coast inundated the house with smoke, but was contained before spreading further.

Flagler’s Ronald Reagan Group Orchestrating Blitz on Palm Coast Council Over City Charter

May 18, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

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An email request for “support” of council member Steven Nobile’s push for a charter review went to the local tea party membership, and was signed by the Ronald Reagan group’s president, Michael McElroy.

At Matanzas Woods Parkway Interchange Groundbreaking, Praise For the Overdue

May 18, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Most groundbreakings aren’t worth the PR, because that’s all they are: a chance for the shovel hogs to get their picture in the news, let their flesh be pressed and their egos stroked. But Flagler County and Palm Coast have earned this one. And when Flagler County Chairman Frank Meeker said of the Matanzas Woods […]

Angered By Injunction, a Palm Coast Man, 25, Is Accused of Attacking His 72-Year-Old Grandmother

May 15, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

David Harris, 25, of Palm Coast’s L Section, is being held on $95,000 bond after allegedly attacking his grandmother and threatening her with a knife. He was angered by an injunction she’d taken out against him that same day.

Accused of Raping 11-Year-Old, Karl Westgate Pleads and Gets 25 Years

May 14, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Palm Coast’s Karl Westgate, 19, had faced life in prison on rape charges but pleaded guilty to lesser charges and was sentenced to 25 years Thursday and a lifetime on sexual predator probation after that.

City of Palm Coast Employee Arrested on Charges of Impersonating Cop and Using Blue Light

May 14, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

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Shaun Eric Fuller, a computer specialist with Palm Coast government, was arrested at city offices at City Marketplace in mid-afternoon Tuesday on charges of impersonating a police officer and using a blue light on his dashboard to pull over vehicles.

Rash of Assaults Helps Boost Jail Population; Burning Wick House Again Scene of a Bizarre Incident

May 13, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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The Flagler County jail population reached 160, higher than it’s been for most of the past four years, with a rash of domestic and other assaults contributing. A B-Section house that’s been a focus of trouble lately again drew police attention over the weekend.

Steven Nobile Thrust For Broad Charter Review Has Rest of Palm Coast Council on Defensive

May 12, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 49 Comments

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A push for a charter review by Palm Coast City Council member Steven Nobile provoked an at-times heated discussion at council today as members largely opposed the notion absent a more defined public drive for changing the city’s equivalent of a constitution.

Afternoon Brush Fire That Smoked Up Palm Coast’s P-Section and I-95 Is Mopped Up

May 11, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A brush fire in an isolated strip of woods between I-95 and Palm Coast’s P-Section kicked off a lot of smoke and burned a 2-acre area but never threatened homes and by sundown had been all but mopped up.

Beating and Crash Lead to Meth Lab in Palm Coast’s P-Section, and Arrests of 3 Men

May 7, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Kenneth Stancil, Joseph Canfield and Brian Hitas were arrested for allegedly operating a methamphetamine lab at 20 Philmont Lane in Palm Coast’s P-Section after a disturbance and a car crash were reported in the area.

Hurricane, Terrorism, Evacuations: In Flagler Emergencies, These Are The People Who Hold Your Fate In Their Hands

May 5, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The Flagler County Executive Policy Group is the most powerful local government panel you’ve never heard of, and its members make all key decisions in natural or man-made emergencies. They practiced this morning.

Citing PTSD, Palm Coast Man Makes Up Story of Being Shot By Black Assailants on I-95

May 5, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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For the second time in eight days, a Palm Coast resident is charged with filing a false report involving made-up black assailants. In this case, the 22-year-old man described himself as a military veteran suffering from PTSD.

Palm Coast’s Tennis Phenom Reilly Opelka, 17, Goes Pro After Catching Agent’s Eye

May 4, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Reilly Opelka, 17, caught the eye of an agent at Palm Coast’s Men’s Futures Tournament in January, and got an offer. He turned pro a week ago, skipping college for the tour.

Not What Visiting Soccer Players Want to See: Man Threatens Teens With a Gun at Motel

May 4, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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Four teens visiting Palm Coast as part of the weekend’s State Cup soccer tournament were threatened with a gun when a Red Roof Inn guest, Samuel Foy, 35, screamed at the teens to be quiet.

Neighborhood Feuds Again Simmer Around Ralph Carter Park, But Solutions Questioned

April 30, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

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While Ralph Carter Park in Palm Coast’s R-Section thrives, neighbors around Richardson Drive are feuding with younger people, who feel harassed for just hanging out. The city council is looking into a block party–and possibly more fence-building around the park.

Matanzas Woods Parkway Overpass Closes June 5 as Three Road Projects Start Rumble

April 28, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Some 50 people turned up to hear an overview of the Matanzas Woods Parkway interchange and Old Kings Road extension projects, which will take a year to complete starting in June.

Palm Coast Mayor Rips Waste of County’s EMS Service and Says Do It All Or Pay the City

April 28, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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Palm Coast Mayor Jon Netts doesn’t question the quality of emergency services but considers them wastefully duplicative, and wants to see the city’s and county’s approach change.

Your Guide to Summer Camps and Activities In Flagler Schools and Palm Coast

April 27, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Flagler County Schools and Palm Coast Parks and Recreation offer summer camps and activities in June and July, including breakfast and lunch at school camps. Here’s a complete guide.

Off-Duty Deputy Witnesses Armed Robbery at Palm Coast CVS, But Suspect Gets Away

April 27, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

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An off-duty Flagler County Sheriff’s deputy was standing in line for the cashier behind a man at the Palm Coast CVS on Palm Coast Parkway Sunday afternoon when the man, claiming he had a gun, asked the clerk to put all the money in a bag.

A Palm Coast Woman Is Accused of Fabricating Theft By 2 Black Men at Walmart

April 24, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Magdaline Scott, a 38-year-old resident of Berkshire Lane in Palm Coast, claimed ina videotaped statement she gave police that she’d been ripped off of her backpack at Walmart Wednesday evening, and accused two black men she’d made up. The bag had never been stolen.

At Palm Coast’s Heroes Park, a Unique Monument May Rise in Memory of Victims of PTSD

April 23, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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The “Healing of the wounded spirit” monument may be a first in the nation, honoring suicide and traumatic brain injury victims who served in the military but whose deaths are not included in the official tally of war casualties.

Derelict Matanzas Golf Course Overrun By More Questions Than Answers, Angering Residents

April 21, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 55 Comments

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The Matanzas gold course has been in disuse for almost a decade, it is overgrown and badly kept. The city is stepping up code enforcement, but also pledging to convene a discussion between property owners and gonvernent agencies, including the mysterious owners of the golf course.

Supreme Court Turns Down Red-Light Camera Appeal, Leaving In Place Restrictions On Who May Issue Tickets

April 15, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The Florida Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal on a red-light camera case with a direct bearing on Palm Coast’s traffic-enforcement program. Five justices concurred in turning down the appeal, without explanation, as is customary when the court turns down a case.

Candor, Humor and a Few Sharp Jabs from Jim Landon in a State of the City Overview

April 15, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Addressing Walmart’s renewed interest in its potential second store in Palm Coast, golf courses, construction and economic activity, Palm Coast City Manager spoke for almost two hours Monday morning to some 90 residents about the state of the city and its near future.

For Palm Coast’s Money-Losing Golf Course, Grass Is Always Greener On Other Side of Promises

April 14, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

An update on the city’s golf course did not go well this morning at city council. Instead of projecting when the golf course and tennis center would stop losing money, City Manager Jim Landon directed the company managing the operations to simply stop making projections to the city council.

Dennis McDonald Sues Palm Coast Again, This Time Over Tripping On a Cracked Sidewalk

April 9, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

The city’s insurer denied Dennis McDonald’s claim for damages over an injury he suffered while walking on a Club House Drive sidewalk in 2013. He’s suing the city for damages of more than $15,000, though he’s yet top pay a slightly larger debt to the city, by a judge’s order, in compensation for a frivolous and unrelated lawsuit he’d filed five months after the accident.

Palm Coast Mayor Netts Urges Residents To Join Water-Conservation Challenge

April 3, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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By participating in the National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation, Palm Coast residents can qualify to win a Prius and other eco-friendly prizes, and put the city on the map of greenest communities.

Fences May Rise in Front Yards Citywide and Descend in Backyards, Along Saltwater Canals

April 1, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

The Palm Coast City Council is verging on approving looser regulations for front-yard fences citywide, and stricter regulations on backyard fences along saltwater canals only.

This Time a Car Break-In, Near Bealls, Is Followed By a Quick Arrest

April 1, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Four women witnessed the mid-afternoon break-in of a Honda in the Winn-Dixie shopping center off Palm Coast Parkway Tuesday, soon leading to the arrest of Nicholas Leblanc, a Palm Coast resident with a long but non-violent arrest record in the county.

CodeRed System Credited With Locating Missing 16-Year-Old With Special Needs

March 31, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Within a quarter hour of a CodeRed alert that went out to 15,214 subscribers Monday evening, a 16-year-old boy with the mental capacity of a 6 year old who’d gone missing was located in the W Section.

Barely Less Stingy, More Demanding Palm Coast Completes $30,000 Arts Grants Awards

March 31, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The amount Palm Coast devotes to the arts remains woefully low, however—amounting to just 37 cents per year per resident. The grant program represents a paltry 0.11 percent of the city’s $28 million general fund budget.

“City of Palm Coast Code Enforcement Is Done Identically To Any Other City,” Attorney Says

March 31, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Judging from the city’s own survey, Palm Coast residents are not quite enthusiastic about code enforcement, whose visibility is emphasized by the city’s fleet of frequent-driving trucks But the city has no plans to alter its approach.

Drugs, Weapons and Child Porn Lead to 3 Separate Arrests in Palm Coast and Bunnell

March 27, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The Palm Coast teen had transmitted items flagged as child porn by the social media site Whisper, then was found to have 10 short videos of explicit sexual acts between adult men and pre-pubescent girls.

Two Palm Coast Residents Arrested in Bizarre Tale of Violent Assault on Pair of Contractors

March 25, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Joseph D. Patten and Russell Cade of Palm Coast are accused of violently assaulting a pair of contractors Cade had summoned for an estimate on bathroom repairs at his house. Both men have arrest records, including, in Cade’s case, a conviction for sexually abusing a child in 2000.

Gutted Bill Restricting Red-Light Cameras Advances as Turn-On-Red Penalty Is Restored  

March 24, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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While the restrictive proposal cleared its latest committee, 7-3, the bill’s only surviving measures would require cities to send our red-light camera notices by certified mail, and to use revenue for public safety programs.

Weekend Blotter: Palm Coast Man Accused of Assaulting Girlfriend With 4.5-Foot Sword

March 23, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Charles Meyers, a 28-year-old resident of Palm Coast, is accused of wielding the sword at his girlfriend after a night out at a bar. Also, a disturbance at the Windsor assisted living facility, and more break-ins at fitness centers’ parking lots.

Another Pot Grow House Busted in Palm Coast As Critics and Lawmakers Press Legalization

March 20, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

Some 28 marijuana plants were seized at a house at 17 Rocking Lane in Palm Coast. As the Sheriff’s Office announced the seizure and arrest of the resident at the house, Ray Strack, a former federal narcotics interdiction agent, was speaking on WNZF about the inanity of the war on marijuana.

Chick-fil-A Phenomenon Camps Out in Palm Coast: If Grateful Dead Fans Loved Chikin

March 18, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 37 Comments

Chick-fil-A’s grand opening in Palm Coast brought with it what has become a near-cult following of groupies, overwhelmingly from out of town, who camp out for 24 hours to earn their 52 free meals. A profile of the phenomenon, and the company.

Another Accidental Shooting in Palm Coast; A Stabbing in Bunnell; An Arrest For Fake ID

March 18, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The shooting took place in the Hammock after a man, fearing that a prowler he’d shooed off was going to return, was cleaning his gun, and the gun went off.

Palm Coast Votes 3-2 to End Red-Light Camera Contract in 2017 and Reduce Flashers To 5

March 17, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

A divided council still disagrees on the red-light cameras’ value. The city is being sued, but says the payout, should there be one, will be manageable.

What Palm Coast Won’t Do, What Other Cities Are Doing: Synchronizing Traffic Lights

March 14, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Transportation experts say that revamping the way signals work will reduce congestion, save fuel costs, cut down on air pollution and make the roads safer.

Citing Taxes, Palm Coast Says County Owes City a Fire Truck to Help Mend Aging Fleet

March 12, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

The council heard an unusual proposal from council member Jason DeLorenzo that would reopen old wounds with the county as Palm Coast looks to simultaneously replace three fire engines that have more than 30 years’ service.

Two More Jewelry Heists Reported,
Again in Hammock and Grand Haven

March 12, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The burglaries bring the total to six since last week, all of them targeting jewelry and relatively older home owners in the two distinctly higher scale areas.

Bill Banning Red-Light Camera Tickets for Right-Turn on Red Sails Through House Panel

March 11, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The proposal and one like it in the Senate would further complicate Palm Coast’s troubled red-light camera program and its relationship with ATS, the private company running the local scheme. Right-turn on red tickets generate the majority of revenue.

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